Soldiers In The Name Of Love...

We are all just balls of energy, floating around, bouncing off each other. We feed off of each other. Every human soul is so complex. We feel so many more emotions than just animals. We can come to analyzations about things, attain enlightenments of sorts... We as humans are beautiful creatures. In our truest form, we are pure LOVE. Of course in this world that we live in, we encounter a lot of hatred, materialism, and greed. We are born innocent though, completely pure, new, with wide open eyes. We begin to build up walls to protect ourselves from pain. Environmental circumstances can turn an innocent child into someone who posesses hate. That is so very sad. Deep down inside, everyone just wants to be loved and accepted. People want to be able to give love freely and "shine" out their own energy without the fear of judgement. If we only put out good energy into the world, the world would be a perfect, loving place. Where did we go wrong? War. What an ugly word. But it seems like us humans are always in some form of a war. Usually, it all comes down to money and greed. But I am confident that in our truest forms, we are pure love. So what can we do about the negative energy in this world? All I can say is keep giving out LOVE. Teach love and acceptance to your children, be a compassionate and empathetic human being. And since all we are is balls of energy bouncing off of each other, consider it like the domino effect. If you walk down the street and say "hi" and smile at a person, make them feel your love, they will most likely smile and say "hi" to the next person they pass on the street. We are soldiers in the name of LOVE. We need to fight the negativity every day. Pure love will win every time. NOTHING CAN FIGHT PURE LOVE. If we can remember this, we will be okay.If someone comes at us with hatred and negativity, just always come back at them with love. We need to remember that we are all connected. We are all just energy. We are all brothers and sisters of the human race. We are all ONE. We can win this war. Stand tall. Stand proud. We are true no-limit soldiers. Soldiers in the name of love.

Dying To Be Thin

I feel compelled to write about the subject of eating disorders for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, is because so many young girls and women are bombarded with images from the media every day telling them that they are just not thin enough, don't have big enough boobs, don't have a perfect face, and so on. More than it making me sick, it mostly makes me so sad. The other reason that I am writing about this is because I too struggle with an eating disorder and have since I was about twelve years old. Now I am not saying that the media is the only one to blame. Many children and even adults make fun of females for being "fat". Many times it's some kids in a girls class at school. Even sadder though, is when it's a girls own mother or father, aunt or uncle, brother or sister, etc. Any what really makes me angry about this is that the majority of this country's population is clinically obese!!! With many young women though, it is an issue of control, having complete control of this aspect of their lives possibly when everything else in their lives is a mess. And yes, people can be overly controlling of many different things. They can be exercise nuts, clean freaks, overly controlling of another person in a relationship, etc. There are many roads that one can take if they feel a loss of control in their lives, but when women (and yes, some men) choose an eating disorder, it's 99% likely that it was introduced to them at some time in their lives. Somehow they learned that this is something that they can do, from reading about it, seeing it on t.v., one of their classmates in school, etc. In other countries, this is not an issue, not even an idea! Third-world countries where a girl would die to just have a loaf of bread for her and her family to share, not be literally, purposefully, dying to be thin. If we look at the bigger picture like that, the whole idea of starving oneself  or binging and purging (throwing up) seems so ridiculous and petty. Nourishment is something that all living things must have to survive. If animals don't eat, they will eventually die. Their bodies will begin to eat themselves. And yes, we may be more evolved and complex, but we are still animals. Eating disorders can be so hard to kick, especially if it has been hardwired into someones brain at such an early age. It can be all someone knows to do to give themselves comfort, a sense of satisfaction or accomplishment. It could also be a form of one's own punishment to themselves for not meeting up to their own or someone else's high expectations. Being an anorexic or bulimic is just like being an alcoholic. One may not be a practicing alcoholic anymore, but it's still there. It is still something that one has to manage every day. The thought may cross one's mind to vomit up what they just ate, but one must tell themselves "NO!!! This is not a healthy thing to do, and I LOVE MYSELF way too much to hurt myself". And really what this all comes down to is a lack of self-love and self-respect. We need to be able to look in the mirror and be able to say "I am a human being, I am beautiful, and I love myself." Please, I know it's hard, but don't worry about what others think and say if it is negative and brings you down!!! This is the body that you were given for this lifetime. For an entire lifetime, you are stuck with yourself and yourself only. There is no guarantee that someone else will always love you and be there for you, so you have to LOVE YOURSELF. Truly loving one's self is one of the hardest things to do. For most everyone, it is a lifelong journey. Living with an eating disorder is not a way to live. It is so time consuming and detrimental. We could be doing so many more productive things with our time, like HELPING someone else instead of HURTING ourselves. Please, if you or anyone that you know have an eating disorder, try to get them some form of help. The problem doesn't go away on one's own. And please, tell them that you love them and that true beauty is on the inside...

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Philosophies on Life, Poetry, and Other Creative Writings: The Sweetest Simplest Life

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The Sweetest Simplest Life

I'd like to talk about the "good life". What I think of as the "good life" and what others think may very well be two different things. Most people are constantly working towards gaining more money and possessions, a higher status, more degrees, more fame, etc. In my opinion, this type of living is just a huge waste of time. I'm not saying be dirt-poor and without an education, I'm just saying remember what's really important. Don't get swept away with the 9-5 rat race and "keeping up with the Jones'". Don't spend most of your day sitting in front of a television, computer, or video game. Remember the outdoors? Nature? Where we came from in the first place. We came from the earth. Families used to play games and eat dinner together. Most of the time on our drives to and from work or the market we don't even appreciate the beautiful sky or mountain ranges. We spend our lives existing on automatic "robotic" mode. Peel back the film off your eyes so you can truly see! We need to enjoy every moment--every color, sound, touch, smell, taste,etc. Play with your children, tell them you love them. Spend time just holding your lover, tell them you love them, actually listen to what they have to say. Take time out of your hectic schedule to meditate, go for a nature walk, enjoy the sunset... These material things, this monetary gain that we are never satisfied with---we are not going to take these things with us when we die. But we are going to take our souls with us. So lets try to work on becoming better people--more compassionate, empathetic, humble, innocent, giving, and appreciative. Days turn into months turn into years and then we look back and wonder where all that time went, we were too busy and oblivious to really experience it. We have been given this gift of life! Treat it as such. Don't just live, truly be ALIVE!!! Take joy in the simple things, every minute of every day, then you can look back with a feeling of fulfillment in knowing you lived the sweetest, simplest life...

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